Ariel Provost

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Ariel Provost is a scholar working on Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Ariel Provost has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Geophysics, 6 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 5 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Ariel Provost's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (17 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (12 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (6 papers). Ariel Provost is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (17 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (12 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (6 papers). Ariel Provost collaborates with scholars based in France, Brazil and Spain. Ariel Provost's co-authors include Jean-Marc Montel, Christian Nicollet, Claude Jaupart, Claude J. Allègre, Didier Laporte, Francis Albarède, Pierre Schiano, Nicolas Cluzel, Yang Chen and Bruno Hamelin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Ariel Provost

25 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Electron microprobe dating of monazite 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Electron microprobe dating of monazite
    1996 730 citations Jean-Marc Montel, Christian Nicollet et al. Chemical Geology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ariel Provost France 18 1.6k 495 218 181 145 25 1.9k
N. Shimizu United States 18 1.8k 1.1× 419 0.8× 267 1.2× 210 1.2× 113 0.8× 56 2.0k
V. C. Kress United States 19 2.5k 1.5× 743 1.5× 209 1.0× 173 1.0× 149 1.0× 27 2.8k
T. Nagel Germany 29 1.9k 1.2× 500 1.0× 283 1.3× 153 0.8× 118 0.8× 85 2.3k
K. Kobayashi Japan 32 2.0k 1.3× 541 1.1× 301 1.4× 319 1.8× 58 0.4× 111 2.5k
Michel P. Semet France 24 1.5k 0.9× 270 0.5× 211 1.0× 392 2.2× 72 0.5× 32 1.8k
Daniele J. Cherniak United States 15 1.0k 0.6× 353 0.7× 157 0.7× 118 0.7× 182 1.3× 28 1.3k
J. J. Gurney South Africa 35 3.6k 2.2× 655 1.3× 279 1.3× 157 0.9× 256 1.8× 103 3.8k
Christian Nicollet France 14 1.6k 1.0× 550 1.1× 249 1.1× 148 0.8× 97 0.7× 20 1.7k
B. J. Wood United Kingdom 18 1.4k 0.9× 256 0.5× 121 0.6× 81 0.4× 103 0.7× 35 1.6k
Huaiwei Ni China 25 1.8k 1.2× 358 0.7× 169 0.8× 112 0.6× 211 1.5× 68 2.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ariel Provost

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ariel Provost

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ariel Provost. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ariel Provost based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ariel Provost. Ariel Provost is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Laumonier, Mickaël, Didier Laporte, François Fauré, et al.. (2019). An experimental study of dissolution and precipitation of forsterite in a thermal gradient: implications for cellular growth of olivine phenocrysts in basalt and melt inclusion formation. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 174(11). 6 indexed citations
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Donnadieu, Franck, Simona Scollo, Ariel Provost, et al.. (2018). Mass Eruption Rates of Tephra Plumes During the 2011–2015 Lava Fountain Paroxysms at Mt. Etna From Doppler Radar Retrievals. Frontiers in Earth Science. 6. 35 indexed citations
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Schiavi, Federica, Ariel Provost, Pierre Schiano, & Nicolas Cluzel. (2015). P–V–T–X evolution of olivine-hosted melt inclusions during high-temperature homogenization treatment. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 172. 1–21. 23 indexed citations
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Devouard, Bertrand, et al.. (2012). Radiative heating of carbonaceous near-Earth objects as a cause of thermal metamorphism for CK chondrites. Icarus. 220(1). 65–73. 35 indexed citations
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Chen, Yang, Ariel Provost, Pierre Schiano, & Nicolas Cluzel. (2011). The rate of water loss from olivine-hosted melt inclusions. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 162(3). 625–636. 109 indexed citations
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Provost, Ariel, et al.. (2010). Transcrystalline melt migration in clinopyroxene. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 161(3). 497–510. 4 indexed citations
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Laporte, Didier, et al.. (2005). An experimental study of Ostwald ripening of olivine and plagioclase in silicate melts: implications for the growth and size of crystals in magmas. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 150(1). 37–53. 81 indexed citations
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Laporte, Didier, et al.. (2001). Experimental investigation of the kinetics of Ostwald ripening of quartz in silicic melts. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 142(3). 361–373. 45 indexed citations
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Laporte, Didier & Ariel Provost. (2000). Equilibrium geometry of a fluid phase in a polycrystalline aggregate with anisotropic surface energies: Dry grain boundaries. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 105(B11). 25937–25953. 32 indexed citations
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Provost, Ariel, et al.. (1999). Thermochemical dynamics of magma chambers: A simple model. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 104(B4). 7103–7115. 15 indexed citations
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Montel, Jean-Marc, et al.. (1996). Electron microprobe dating of monazite. Chemical Geology. 131(1-4). 37–53. 730 indexed citations breakdown →
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Provost, Ariel. (1992). Mineralogical and geochemical evolution of the 19821983 Galunggung eruption (Indonesia). 3 indexed citations
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Gourgaud, Alain, et al.. (1992). Mineralogical and geochemical evolution of the 1982?1983 Galunggung eruption (Indonesia). Bulletin of Volcanology. 54(4). 284–298. 34 indexed citations
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Provost, Ariel, et al.. (1992). CaO-MgO-Al2O3-SiO2-Na2O (CMASN) at 1 bar from low to high Na2O contents: Topology of an analogue for alkaline basic rocks. Chemical Geology. 96(3-4). 459–477. 9 indexed citations
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Provost, Ariel. (1990). An improved diagram for isochron data. Chemical Geology Isotope Geoscience section. 80(2). 85–99. 38 indexed citations
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Fuck, Reinhardt A., et al.. (1986). CARACTERÍSTICAS PETROQUÍMICAS E GEOCRONOLÓGICAS DO GRANITO MANDACARU (PI). Revista Brasileira de Geociências. 16(3). 266–273. 1 indexed citations
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Allègre, Claude J., Ariel Provost, & Claude Jaupart. (1981). Oscillatory zoning: a pathological case of crystal growth. Nature. 294(5838). 223–228. 199 indexed citations
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Provost, Ariel & Claude J. Allègre. (1979). Process identification and search for optimal differentiation parameters from major element data. General presentation with emphasis on the fractional crystallization process. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 43(4). 487–501. 12 indexed citations
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Albarède, Francis & Ariel Provost. (1977). Petrological and geochemical mass-balance equations: an algorithm for least-square fitting and general error analysis. Computers & Geosciences. 3(2). 309–326. 118 indexed citations

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